Revision as of 14:00, 17 October 2011

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for FSOSS/Linuxfest 2011! The success of this event depends on volunteers like you. As a thank you, your registration fee will be waived (you can attend FSOSS for free), and you will receive a volunteer FSOSS shirt. Take a moment to read the various volunteer jobs available and if you are interested in volunteering, please edit this page as follows:

Pick TWO of the volunteer jobs and add your name to the list under each job description

The following describes the jobs that we will require volunteers to do. It will specify the date, the time, location, how long it will take, and the maximum number of people we will need for each job. Most volunteer work will be done during the week of the event but some jobs have to be done before hand. If you see something that you are able/interested in helping with, please sign up by adding your name to this page by editing this wiki. NOTE: New jobs will be posted continuously so please check back again. If you need more info on a job or need more info about editing this wiki, please contact cathy at: Catherine Leung or Paulette Hamilton. Please note that you will also be required to attend a training session (approximately 2 hours in length) which will be held a few days before the fsoss event. Volunteers will also receive an attendee SWAG bag.

Set Up/Registration Desk/Greeters - Friday Morning

Date(s): Oct. 28

Time: 7am to 12:00noon

Duration: 5 hours

Max. Volunteers needed: 9 students; 3 faculty

Description: Set up registration area. Post signage throughout campus. Staff the registration tables. Give out bags/badges. Check badges as attendees enter presentation rooms. Direct attendees to the rooms. Escort speakers to rooms. (Students will be assigned to either registration desk at beginning of shift).

Signup here (open)

Michelle Mendoza (mamendoza1@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Eujin John (jeujin@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Carlin Desautels (cwdesautels@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Matthew Schranz (mjschranz@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Rajbir Karan Singh(rksingh14@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Haseeb Ilyas (hilyas@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Twaseen Khandaker (tkhandaker@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Ben Cook (bwcook1@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Nabeel Mushtaq (mnmushtaq@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Xiangyu Li(xli216@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Minh Khoa Nguyen (mknguyen2@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Shivakumar Papade (spapade@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Harmanbir Singh (hssingh9@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Stephanie Bourque (sbourqu1@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Ana Sofia Vieira (asvieira@learn.senecac.on.ca

Sung-Hwan Kim (shkim33@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Ceri Davies (cdavies2@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Ching Wei Tseng (cwtseng@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Registration Desk/Greeters - Friday Afternoon

Date(s): Oct. 28

Time: 12:30pm to 5:00pm

Duration: 4.5 hours

Max. Volunteers needed: 4 students; 2 faculty

Description: Staff the registration tables. Give out bags/badges. Check badges as attendees enter presentation rooms. Direct attendees to the rooms. Monitor exhibition hall. Escort speakers to rooms. (Students will be assigned to either registration desk or to greeting at beginning of shift).

Registration Desk/Greeters - Saturday Morning

Date(s): Oct. 29

Time: 8:00am to 1:00pm

Duration: 5 hours

Max. Volunteers needed: 6 students; 3 faculty

Description: Staff the registration tables. Give out bags/badges. Check badges as attendees enter presentation rooms. Direct attendees to the rooms. Monitor exhibition hall. Escort speakers to rooms. (Students will be assigned to either registration desk or to greeting at beginning of shift).

Signup here (open)

Alexander Davis (aadavis1@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Hadi Alshakhori (halshakhori@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Xiangyu Li(xli216@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Hemant Kumar [hkumar8@learn.senecac.on.ca]

Minh Khoa Nguyen (mknguyen2@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Shivakumar Papade (spapade@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Harmanbir Singh (hssingh9@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Priyansh Shah (ppshah2@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Manpreet Narang (msnarang@learn.senecac.on.ca)

Greeters/Stand By Helpers - Saturday Afternoon

Date(s): Oct. 29

Time: 12:30pm-5:00pm

Location: On campus

Duration: 4.5 hours

Max. Volunteers needed: 4 students

Description: Staff the registration tables. Give out bags/badges. Check badges as attendees enter presentation rooms. Direct attendees to the rooms. Monitor exhibition hall. Escort speakers to rooms. Take down signage throughout campus. (Students will be assigned to either registration desk or to greeting at beginning of shift).

Video Recording

Description: Setting up and videoing speakers sessions throughout the day. Volunteers are expected to attend the entire session they are recording

NOTE: this job requires a significant amount of commitment. Volunteers for this job will also receive an invitation to the FSOSS Speaker's dinner. Please indicate whether you are signing up for the morning or afternoon session.

Video Recording

Date(s): Training before event + Saturday Oct. 29

Time: 8:00am

Duration: All day

Max. Volunteers needed: 5

Description:

This job involves operating the video equipment to record the speaker sessions throughout the day. Volunteers are expected to attend the entire session they are recording.
NOTE: this job requires a significant amount of commitment. Volunteers for this job will also receive an invitation to the FSOSS Speaker's dinner. Please indicate whether you are signing up for the morning or afternoon session.